Do i have to be an enginear or scientest to work with robots and what kind of scientests work with robots?

Question

I heard that a robot tection can fix robots but cant design them i am good at machines but not good at math and phisics i ealy wana be an inventer and work with robots do i have to be an enginear ot phisicist to do so.

Answer 1

Well if your not interested in the engineering or physics you may want to look into Industrial robotics (This may have been the type of technician you were referring to) as that kind of tech you wouldn't be designing robots but integrating them into automated cell. In many of these companies you can work your way up from installing the cells to designing them and although it may not seem as cool it can be just as satisfying to take several independent systems (ie a robot, a plc and, machine tool) and get them to work flawlessly together (sorry if I'm rambling a bit) but at any rate this site http://www.roboticsonline.com/index.cfm    should give you an idea of what the industry is like. I hope this helps

Answer 2

Robotics and many universities offer different levels of this field. Go to your local job center and ask for schools in your area that offer these courses.

Answer 3

Then the answer for you is to be an Industrial Electrician!!

If you become an Industrial Electrician then that opens the doors for you to be able to program "PLC's" or programmable logic controllers. These are the computers that are designed for manufacturing processes and yes they do indeed control industrial robots. The best part is that the language for the PLC's was designed for electricians, and designed to be easy to understand. It was made to control things where as all other languages are designed to move data.

The difference becomes clear once you get into it.

You'll need some math. A good understanding of algebra should do the trick. This is because programming is not about the language. Programming is about problem solving and you will need math in order to solve problems.

Other than that you just need money. If you go to Microsoft.com you can download the "Visual Robotics Studio" which is their language for robotics. This is free.

Also you can look into PIC micro controllers, and also the "Basic Stamp".

A good magazine to look into is "Nuts and Volts" it will have a lot of interesting articles and information. It gets rather technical.

If you want to invent then more power to you. The best place to start of all is to bone up on that math - Geometry, and Algebra.

Answer 4

i think robots are almost everywhere nowadays... even doctors can work with robots in robotic surgery.

Answer 5

There are 3 groups of people who are generally involved in designing robots.  They are computer scientists, mechanical engineers, and electrical engineers.

If you want to do work on robots and get paid well for it, I recommend that you get a degree in one of the above mentioned topics.

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Some people here have said that you don't need to have much math to build robots.  While that is true for toy robots, it is certainly not true for robots that do interesting things.

I've helped build a number of robots from inspection robots for quality control, to a robot (converted Dodge truck) that can drive around a course on its own.  Linear algebra, and calculus are both useful (but Linear algebra is probably most important) for robot control.

Answer 6

I agree with ProfessionalStudent's answer.  

One huge center of robotic research is MIT.  Here's their page...

http://www.mit.edu/research/category/rob...

To be blunt about it, if you don't excel in physics and math, you're screwed.

Answer 7

Electrical Engineers --specifically in the areas of Adaptive Control or Neural Networks--work with robots.  Other fields can also work with robots, but Electrical Engineers will also have the knowledge of hardware to build robots.

Answer 8

Robotics is the science and technology of robots, their design, manufacture, and application.Robotics requires a working knowledge of electronics, mechanics, and software. A person working in the field is a roboticist. The word robotics was first used in print by Isaac Asimov, in his science fiction short story "Runaround" (1941).A robot is a mechanical or virtual, artificial agent. A robot is usually an electro-mechanical system, which, by its appearance or movements, conveys a sense that it has intent or agency of its own. The word robot can refer to both physical robots and virtual software agents, but the latter are often referred to as bots.,to machines qualify as robots, a typical robot will have several, though not necessarily all of the following properties:

Is not 'natural' / has been artificially created.

Can sense its environment.

Can manipulate things in its environment.

Has some degree of intelligence, or ability to make choices based on the environment, or automatic control / preprogrammed sequence.

Is programmable.

Can move with one or more axes of rotation or translation.

Can make dexterous coordinated movements.

Appears to have intent or agency (reification, anthropomorphisation or Pathetic fallacy.

Don't worry you must be good at math and physics,it is just that you seem to be more anxious to create than to look at a theory,(aerial intelligence-that's you)basically when you can

construct something like that,you are applying trigonometry,

any way you should try to make an effort to develop interest

in the theory,once you do that it would be endless what you can create,and you will be surprised at the less-time required

to create when you master the theory,now-here are the links

Answer 9

You can develop your interest in robotics by going down to your local electronics shop and buying a robot kit. You do not have to be a scientist or engineer to design a robot. A high school student is quite capable of robot design if they have some previous experience. I have not seen much relevance of high level maths or physics with respect to robotics and question the delusion that they are necessary subjects. Robotics is a vast field and in many areas, maths and physics is barely if ever used. In some applications, biology or music, etc is more relevant. As an industry, robotics is very limited. The world population of robots is very small and the technology is still not very practical. There are no immediate signs that this will improve in the near future. The father of modern robotics Rodney Brookes from MIT, got it wrong. Reactive Robotics and Subsumption architecture is not enough. Robotics is still a toy technology.